“Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” Leo Tolstoy
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Green-fur add found misleading
The ASA found an advert stating that fur was "eco-friendly" to be misleading and said that the ad could no longer appear in it's current form. LINK
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Monday, April 09, 2012
Human rights violations in meat-packing plants
Blood, Sweat and Fear is a report by Human Rights Watch documenting the human rights abuses of workers, often poor immigrants, working within slaughterhouses and meat-packing plants in the U.S.. Although, it does not question the fundamental brutality and oppression of the activity in itself, it documents very clearly the exploitation of humans working there. It makes it quite clear that these circumstances arise not by accident, but by deliberate design. If the corporate powers are willing to treat humans with such utter contempt, one can understand why it's even more terrible for animals, who have no protection, and are bred and raised for the sole purpose of exploitation and slaughter.
Wait for Me
A poem for those who cannot sleep at night thinking of the untold suffering of countless unseen animals around the world.
Sunday, April 08, 2012
Melanie Joy again
This a brilliant lecture by Melanie Joy about the disconnect between the animals we eat and the animals we love. She raises the great point that there is NO FREE choice without awareness and knowledge.